Contracting Parties

The Commission may be joined by any government that is a member of the United Nations (UN), any specialized UN agency, or any inter-governmental economic integration organization constituted by States that have transferred to it competence over the matters governed by the ICCAT Convention. Instruments of ratification, approval, or
adherence may be deposited with the Director-General
of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations (FAO), and membership is effective on the date
of such deposit. Currently, there are 50 contracting
parties.

UNITED STATES

18

V

1967

JAPAN

24

VIII

1967

SOUTH AFRICA

7

X

1967

GHANA

17

IV

1968

CANADA

20

VIII

1968

FRANCE (St-Pierre et Miquelon)

7

XI

1968

BRAZIL

1

IV

1969

MAROC

26

IX

1969

KOREA, Rep. of

28

VIII

1970

CÔTE D'IVOIRE

6

XII

1972

ANGOLA

29

VII

1976

RUSSIA

7

I

1977

GABON

19

IX

1977

CAP-VERT

11

X

1979

URUGUAY

16

III

1983

SÃO TOMÉ E PRINCIPE

15

IX

1983

VENEZUELA

17

XI

1983

GUINEA ECUATORIAL

13

V

1987

GUINÉE REP

5

VI

1991

UNITED KINGDOM (O. territories)

10

XI

1995

LIBYA

27

XI

1995

CHINA, People's Rep. of

24

X

1996

EUROPEAN UNION

14

XI

1997

TUNISIE

16

XII

1997

PANAMA

28

XII

1998

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

30

III

1999

NAMIBIA

10

XI

1999

BARBADOS

13

XII

2000

HONDURAS

30

I

2001

ALGÉRIE

16

II

2001

MEXICO

24

V

2002

VANUATU

25

X

2002

ICELAND

30

X

2002

TURKEY

4

VII

2003

PHILIPPINES

9

I

2004

NORWAY

5

III

2004

NICARAGUA

11

III

2004

GUATEMALA

12

XI

2004

SENEGAL

21

XII

2004

BELIZE

19

VII

2005

SYRIA

2

IX

2005

St VINCENT & THE GRENADINES

20

XI

2006

NIGERIA

2

VIII

2007

EGYPT

3

X

2007

ALBANIA

31

III

2008

SIERRA LEONE

13

X

2008

MAURITANIA

4

XII

2008

CURAÇAO

6

II

2014

LIBERIA

14

II

2014

EL SALVADOR

5

XII

2014

Note 1 : SENEGAL was a member of the Commission from 25-VIII-1971 to 31-XII-1988 and rejoined the Commission on 21-XII-2004. CUBA was a member of the Commission from 15-I-1975 to 31-XII-1991. BENIN was a member of the Commission from 9-I-1978 to 31-XII-1994.Note 2 : FRANCE (member since 7-XI-1968), SPAIN (member since 21-III-1969), PORTUGAL (member since 3-IX-1969), the U.K. (member since 10-XI-1995) and ITALY (member since 6-VIII-1997) withdrew from the Commission following the access of the European Community on 14-XI-1997. However, FRANCE retains membership as of 24-XII-97 and the UNITED KINGDOM as of 19-I-1998 on behalf of their overseas territories not covered by the Treaty of Rome. CYPRUS (member since 20-III-2003) and MALTA (member since 7-VIII-2003) withdrew from the Commission following the access of the European Community on 1-V-2004. CROATIA (member since 20-X-1997) withdrew from the Commission following the access of the European Community on 1-VII-2013. Note 3: The European Union succeeded the European Community as of December 1, 2009.

Cooperators

ICCAT can also grant the status of Cooperators following the procedures outlined in the 2003 Recommendation by ICCAT on Criteria for Attaining the Status of Cooperating Non-Contracting Party, Entity or Fishing Entity in ICCAT. Currently, this status has been attained by the following: